Work-in-Progress #4

Since the last critique I have decided that I really like the portrait photos in the black and white rather that in color. Having the black and white portrait in comparison to the color photo of the tattoo I think gives it a feel that I really like. The portrait gives a documentary, rawness, very real type feel with the tattoo in color gives a vibrancy that I think gives the idea that the photo is the reality and the tattoo is just an addition to that reality of the person. I think that with the two different looks it breaks up multiple photos together and really gives an importance to each of the portraits with their tattoo and that way it doesn't look like too much at once. 

I chose to use the photos I did for this critique to adjust the size when printing because I feel like they are photos that are at the quality of what I want the final images to look like. I went with the larger size for printing because I felt that it would work well with what I really want to get across to the viewers. I felt that the larger size almost draws a viewer into seeing them as a person and can draw from that when comparing it to their images of the tattoos. I went a little smaller with the tattoos because the larger images felt almost too much and were a bit overwhelming. I tried some different sizes but I know I will just have to see which ones just kind of work together the best. Overall I think for this critique I have been able to better understand where I want to go with this project for the final of it with a more clear idea of what I want it to say to the viewers and how I might do that.